Oculus has just launched “Mission: ISS,” a virtual-reality simulation that takes advantage of the company’s headset and handheld controllers to let you explore the International Space Station and even perform a virtual… Read More
Facebook is cutting the price of its Oculus Rift headset and Touch controller bundle by $200, the company announced Wednesday. The bundle will drop from $798 to $598, and the… Read More
Samsung’s Gear VR will join some of its virtual reality contemporaries with the announcement that it will soon get a controller to go along with the Oculus-powered headset. Announced at… Read More
Is there a more universally accepted measure of “Damn, that was fun” than the high-five? For players of the virtual reality game “Rec Room,” there doesn’t appear to be. Seattle… Read More
Valve has been teasing virtual reality games since last year, but on Friday the Bellevue-based company finally gave details about what’s in store. Don’t get your hopes up: the details… Read More
(Updated Thursday with details about UW’s acquisition of Zealyst). After selling her enterprise collaboration startup Zealyst to the University of Washington, Martina Welkhoff was thinking about her next move. The idea for… Read More
Maybe I am a cynical old journalist, but I’ve been in the anti-VR camp ever since it became the big buzzword in tech. The reasons were many: It will take… Read More
Virtual reality adds an immersive power to video that has the ability to transport us to places we could only imagine setting foot in. For Seattleites who are fortunate enough… Read More
In exactly one week, the Obamas will vacate the White House. As a farewell, the president and first lady teamed up with Facebook-owned Oculus to show off nine famous areas… Read More
A day after news broke that Envelop VR was shutting its doors, the CEO of the Bellevue-based virtual reality startup appeared at the 45th annual Economic Forecast Conference in Seattle.… Read More
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Legislators on the Washington state House Technology & Economic Development Committee were given some first-hand experience with virtual reality this week as part of a meeting designed to get… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Last week, I got to experience something I never thought possible as a woman: sex from the male perspective. The future is here, my friends. And though… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Former San Francisco 49ers star quarterback Joe Montana is just one of the many attendees at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show who is enamored with the idea… Read More
LAS VEGAS — The final CES media day was packed with surprises, reveals, and more than anything, Amazon’s Alexa. As GeekWire’s Taylor Soper reports, the voice activated Amazon assistant seemed… Read More
Drifter Entertainment, a Seattle startup founded by veterans of Microsoft HoloLens and Oculus, just announced $2.25 million in seed funding to continue developing video games in virtual reality. Signia Venture… Read More
Voyager Capital’s Erik Benson has seen plenty of technologies come and go during his nearly 20 years in the venture business. That’s given Benson a bit of a Spidey-sense on… Read More
The makers of virtual reality headsets and content may still be waiting for consumers to fall for the medium as a full-fledged entertainment option, but one guy in a viral… Read More
If you’re thinking about putting on or attending an event at Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and want to see what it looks like full of party people from multiple angles,… Read More
PALM DESERT, Calif.—Oscar-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu has taken audiences on mind-blowing experiences in recent years, telling stories of vengeance in The Revenant and an actor’s struggle to overcome insecurity in Birdman. Now,… Read More
Conan O’Brien visited YouTube’s VR Lab in New York City and reacted pretty much the way everyone does when they strap on one of the high-tech headsets: he wanted to… Read More
The adult industry has been propelling — and in some cases initiating — new technologies since the invention of the printing press. Mainstream tech like VCRs and DVDs, streaming video, encryption, even credit… Read More
Drifter Entertainment, a virtual reality gaming company led by three Seattle-area tech vets, secured a $400,000 seed round according to a recent SEC filing. CEO Ray Davis said Drifter isn’t… Read More
In March, Expedia live-streamed 360-degree virtual adventures to four children too sick to leave the hospital, causing speculation that the Bellevue, Wash.-based company might be developing commercial VR experiences. Related:… Read More
By the summer of 2015, VIAR was nearly bankrupt. The product — virtual reality tours to help architects show clients future construction — just wasn’t gaining traction. The end seemed near for… Read More
Virtual reality fans are spinning over the unveiling of an Oculus prototype that removes the wires and/or the phone from its traditional headsets (Rift and Samsung Gear) and sends users into an untethered… Read More
Animating in virtual reality may be fun, but it is an undeniable challenge for even experienced animators, and often the process can be time-consuming as animators dash between the VR… Read More
Seattle is poised to be a leader in new virtual and augmented reality tech, with powerhouses like Oculus setting up shop in the city, not to mention a vibrant and growing VR community.… Read More
It’s not easy to crawl through the guts of a World War II bomber, but a new virtual reality project from Microsoft and Seattle’s Museum of Flight turns it into… Read More
If you’re like me and don’t like crowded spaces, the 100,000-plus square feet of PAX West’s expo hall can feel like a bit of a nightmare. Between the thousands of excited… Read More
Didn’t get tickets to PAX this weekend? Here’s an inside look at the mega-video game convention that fills Seattle’s Washington State Convention Center with crowds, cosplay and a dizzying assortment… Read More